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UNITED STATES PATENT. Enron,

JOSEPH WEGGEMAN, OF HENDERSON, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO M. F. SULLIVAN, OF SAME PLACE.

CH'URNQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 59l=,923, dated December 7, 1897. Application filed May 11, 1897. Serial No. 635,977. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WEGGEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Henderson, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohurns and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to churns; and the object is to provide a churn which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, and

comparatively inexpensive of production and which may be operated with a minimum expenditure of power and effectively perform its work.

WVith this object in view the invention consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved churn. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View. Fig. 3 is a similar view, on an enlarged scale, through the slotted dasher-shaft and its sliding block. Fig. 4 is a similar view through the hollow dasher-shaft and its sliding block. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through the slid-' ing blocks; and Fig.6 is a plan View, on a small scale, of the churn-cover.

In said drawings, 1 denotes the churn-body, shown in the present instance as of cylindrical shape. 7

2 denotes the base upon which the body is supported, and 3 two standards uprising from said base and provided at their upper ends with a connecting cross-piece 4, having a rectangular bearing-opening 5. I

6 denotes two sliding blocks which are adapted to the rectangular opening. The adjacent faces of these blocks are provided with longitudinal grooves 7.

9 denotes a tubulardasher-shaft, the upper end of which is provided with a head 9, that is set in a recess 10 in one of the blocks and which is held therein by a bolt 11. The lower end of the tubular dasher -shaft is threaded and is connected with a disk 15, which is secured to a dasher 16, having a central opening 17.

18 denotes a dasher-shaft which extends through the hollow dasher-shaft 9 andchas its upper end secured in a groove of one of The lowerend of the shaft 18 projects through I the tubular shaft 9 and is provided with a dasher 19, similar to the dasher 16' on the-tubular shaft.

20 denotes a crank-shaft journaled in bear ings inthe upper end of the standards, and 21 denotes links connected to the crank-shaft at their upper ends and with their lower ends pivoted to the sliding blocks. This shaft may be rotated in any suitable manner or by any suitable power, and, as shown in the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated a crank 22, by means of which the shaft may be turned, butdo not wish to confine myself to the same. It is evident that when the shaft is rotated the dasher will be reciprocated in opposite directions, and will thus more effectively churn the cream into butter.

In order to facilitate the separation of the churn-body from the operating mechanism for the purpose of removing the butter and cleaning the parts, I have provided the churn with a removable cover a, divided centrally and hinged together, as shown at b. A latch c is connected to one of the hinged sections and engages a catch 61 on the other section, thus holding the two sections together around the dasher-shafts. To prevent the vertical movement of the cover with respect to the body, I provide hooks e, the lower ends of which engage lugs f, projecting from the sides of the churn-body. When it is desired to remove the body for taking out the butter or any other purpose, the sections of the cover are swung apart to free the dasher-shafts, the hooks disengaged from the lugs, and the body slipped out.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a churn, the combination with the churnbody and the standards, of a cross-bar secured thereto near their upper ends and provided with a rectangular bearing-opening, sliding blocks fitted in said opening and provided with longitudinal grooves in their inner faces, dasher-shafts secured to said sliding blocks, one of said dasher-shafts being located in the groove of said blocks and forming a spline or rib for guiding the blocks in their vertical movement, one of said dasher-shafts being tubular and the other projecting through it, dashers secured to the extreme lower ends of said dasher-shafts, a top consisting of two hinged sections, means for securing the top I 5 to the churn-body, and means for securing the sections about the flasher-shafts, a crankshaft j ournaled in bearings in the upper ends of the said standards, and links connecting the blocks with the shaft, substantially as set 20 JOSEPH WEGGEMAN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. MOORE, J. M. IRWIN. 

